Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I read 20 nonfiction books in 2024; here are my favorites. What were yours?

Honorable Mentions

Poverty, by America by Michael Desmond
Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba
Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death by Laura Cumming

The Top Five

2. Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World, edited by Padraig O Tuama
2. Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza
2. The Bookshop: The History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss
2. Also a Poet: Frank O'Hara, My Father and Me by Ada Calhoun
1.Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot